Icelandic Open Standouts Join the Show: Training, Weaknesses, and French Throwdown Plans

The hosts go live for a special Thursday episode featuring two young Icelandic CrossFit athletes who drew attention by finishing first and second in Open Week 1, discuss how to pronounce their Icelandic names, and review their overall Open results (29th and 79th). They talk about how the rest of the Open and Quarterfinals went, identifying gymnastics capacity—especially muscle-ups—as a key weakness, while noting a preference for heavy barbells that didn’t appear in this year’s tests. The conversation includes a past DM about coaching, training history and ages, work and school (including physical therapy studies), and Icelandic culture topics like training with BK and eating dried fish. They outline upcoming competition plans to attend the French Throwdown individually and pursue a team Games path, including early worm training experiences, before closing with jokes and banter.

00:00 Special Edition Kickoff

00:36 Meet the Icelandic Guests

01:40 Name Pronunciations

02:51 Open Week One Shock

03:57 Audio Issues and Translation

05:11 Coaching DM Storytime

06:45 Training Backgrounds

08:59 Reading the Old DM

10:04 Wild Donation Interlude

13:01 Open Results Breakdown

14:13 Weaknesses and Quarterfinals

16:13 Workout Strategy Showdown

18:08 Do They Train Together

18:43 Iceland Farm Instagram

19:57 Training With Iceland Legends

20:12 Inside Jokes and Wrap

20:37 Icelandic Shark Snacks

21:46 Iceland Trip Stories

22:19 Where Everyone Lives

23:08 Gaming Talk Detour

23:42 Season Plans Semis

24:31 French Throwdown Drama

25:57 Coach Signs Off

26:19 Audio Issues Fix

27:09 Jobs And Daily Life

28:28 Goals And Team Push

29:54 Team Qualifying Explained

31:21 Worm Training Reality

33:01 Fortnite And PS5

35:17 Fantasy Football Roast

36:05 Wrap Up And Banter